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Pillar of the Community
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I believe I am the 3rd CCF member to own this coin. She resides in my type set. What do you think she grades. She's also been in this grading forum before :).   |
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Pillar of the Community
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I think there are two people who have a big advantage in answering this....
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Pillar of the Community
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First owner had it raw sold it to second over who had it slabbed....now it sits with me :)
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United States
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United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Well, that's an odd duck, but certainly beautiful. Obverse alone strongly indicates mint state. The reverse is odd because it appears that there has been circulation. Nothing strong, nothing that would take it lower than 58.
So I guess ill think the reverse is just a lighter strike, rather than circulation. Ill go with MS-63.
This is a coin that really needs to be rotated in the light to see where and how the remaining luster looks.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Obverse looks 55 based on hair flattening. Also looks to have hairlines that indicate a wipe. Reverse looks ms62 with great luster, color and detail. This one is tough, but I will say au58 with market acceptable wipe in the obverse.  IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Light hairlines in places from circulation, not cleaning. However, the feathers give it away for me; obverse AU58, reverse AU53, net 55.
But the toning makes you just want to sit there and drool, and never mind the whole grading thing..
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'll guess AU-53 but would not surprised at a 55. I think there is a bit of wear on the hair curls near the word liberty and disturbed luster in the fields, cheek, and neck. Probably too much for it to market grade a MS.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very pretty coin. I'll go with AU58.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll go 58 at worst, good shot at 63.
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